Tag.



C. B. TEWKSBURY.

TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1912.

. Patented Sept. 1l, 191?.

.rr Parana nnte.

CHARLES B. TEWKSBURY, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, .ASSIGNOR, BY IVIESNllI ASSIGNMENTS, T0 SAFEGUARD TAG COMPANY, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORFO- BATION 0F MAINE.

TAG'.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. llt, i917.

Application led .T une 25, 1912. Serial No. 705,757.

, in which the body of the tag is provided with reinforcing material to prevent tearing. y

My object has been to provide a tag having reinforcing material so attached to the g material forming the body of the tag, that it is practically impossible to separate the` reinforcing material from the body of the tag. The strength and durability of the tag is thus limited, not alone to the tensile strength of the material of the body ofthe tag, but to the combined strength of the reinforcing material and the body of the tag.

Another object is to provide a tag having` the thickness of the reinforcing material apparent on one surface of the tag only, `where the tag has a multi-ply body, leaving lthe other surface fiat or smooth to facilitate its inscription.

Another' object is to provide an arrangement of the reinforcing material so as to protect the longitudinal edges of the tag,`

and thus add strength and durability.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown and described a tag having a multi-ply body portion with a flat metal reinforcing strip through its approximate longitudinal center and rounded reinforcing material along the sides, but I do not limit myself to the precise shape, location or kind of reinforcing material herein shown and described, nor to the method of attaching the same to the tag material, nor

to atag having a multi-ply body portion.

It is apparent that it is not necessary to have the reinforcing material of fiat metallic strips, but a wire with roughened or serrated surface would answer the purpose as well in some cases; in that event the reinforcing material, such as wire, could extend beyond the body of the tag for attaching purposes and the roughened or serrated surface would provide an eicient bond when the plies of material are cemented together under heavy pressure, that `would be difficult if not impossible to obtain in any other way.

I accomplish these objects in the manner hereinafter specied.

l, 2 and fl is that of a tag the body of which is formed by folding a single sheet of tag material back upon itself until the edges of the two sides meetas shown by dotted line l.

The modiiied form of construction shown in Fig. 3 is that of a tag formed of two distinct layers or plies of tag material with the side reinforcing material set in toward the longitudinal center of the tag.

2 is the smooth face or fiat upper layer of tag material which is adapted for such inscription as it may be desired to place upon the tag.

3 is the under face or layer of tag material which may be formed as hereinbefore stated by folding the tu g material back upon itself. The two layers of material thus formed may be cemented together by any well known adhesive.

4t is a strip of reinforcing material, pref erably metallic between the layers of tag material. l

5, 5 are strands of reinforcing material also between the layers of tag material. These latter may be of metal suoli as wire, or may be composed of string or tape or may be entirely eliminated.

As shown in my preferred form of construction, Figs. l, 2 and 4f, thes(`l strands 5, 5 are placed substantially along the longitudinal edges of the tag where the tag material is creased to fold it back upon itself.

Vhen the layers of tag material are pressed together after the insertion of the reinforcing material and the adhesive, the several parts are pressed together in such manner as to force the reinforcing material toward one face of the tag only and, with the layer of'tag material on that side, to form the flanges as shown in Figs. 2 and Li.

I preferably furnish strip et with serrated or roughened surfaces as shown in Figs. l

and 5. vThese roughened" surfaces furnish an excellent hold for the adhesive and when -the layers oftagmatei'ial arev subjected to jpressure thepaper or otherfmaterialformythetag laterally. These strands are ,illustiated asA being wit-hout serrations, butfgdo not limit myself to the precise form o'f construction, shape or condition shown.

In order to secure a still moreperfect 'union of strip i lwith the body of the tag and to furnish an eyelet for the. purpose of attaching they tag' by wire, string or` otherwise to a packagegl provide one or more apertures '7 7.

In the drawings "l have shown two such apertures substantiallycircular in form, but

I do not limit myself to any precise number or shape or'location. An important feature of theinvention resides in the means 'by which the apertures are provided with round edges to prevent cutting the string and at the Sametime'providing means for additionally securing-the tag material and the reinforcing strip together. This is accomfplished by 'forming an eyelet from the reinforcing material the edges of which engagc the tag material.

These eyelets may be formed by punching Athe two'layers of the' tag material and the strengthening material 4, then by any welllrnown ymeans forcing the material 4 and .such portion ofthe tag material as maybe carried with it toward the surface ofthe tag and then turning the edges of the punched portion of the strip 4 back upon itself until it clenches itself and that'surface of the'tag'together. There is advantage in this'forni of construction as I am able thus to secure not only additional security in fastei'iing the material fl to the tag material but also from the fact that the aperture'is'provided with a round smooth edge for the string or other-means usedto fasten the tag to an article.

It will be observed that one or more of the eyelets in the preferred form of-the invention as illustrated in Figs. l, 2, and t, engage a portion of each of the abutting edges of thel tag material indicated by the dotted line l. vThis construction provides means for preventing either of the redges which vmight `become loosened, from springing away :from

the reinforcing material.

VVhatI- claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

1. A tag formed from a sheet ofy material :Gopiesof this patentmay befobtainedforve centseaohyby addressing the Commissioner Q filPatents, l

having-its longitudinal edges'foldedC back so astoabut and a reinforcing strip underlying itlieiabutting edges, said materialwand'reinforcing -stripibeing punctured andi` bent over so as to form anaeyelet. and. to. clencli the reinforcing strip to each of the longitudinal .edges of said other material.

2.i1n1a tag having a multi-plylbody portion, the outside surface of one ply being smooth, the combination of a metal reinforcing strip witha serrated` surface between said plies, saidbody portion and said Vrein- ,"forcingst'rip being pnncturedfand bent over Hupon :themselvesy so as to Vform an eyelet yand to 'cleiich ,theinetal .strip to lalply of the body portion an'd to form -a v smooth, rounded edge entirely `around said puncture, and a strand of exible' reirifor'cing material between said jplies running substantially parallelto the metal reinforcing strip but nearer thelongitu'dinal edge of said tag.

3. lnatag having multi;ply body por,- tion; the combination cfa metal reinforcing strip between said plies, said'body portion andsaid reinforcing stripbeing punctured and bent. back upon themselves so as to form aiiieyelet and to 'clench themetal strip to a `ply of the body `portion and to "form a smooth,'vroi;|nde`d edge entirelyaround said w puncture, and a strand offexiblefreinforcing material between sai'dfplies running sub stantially parallelto thefmetal reinforcing strip but nearertlie longiti'idinal edge ofsaid tag.

Ll. A tag which comprises in combination a body formed of ltwo layers of sheet material adhesively united together, a` longitu- 'dinal reinforcement for said body, consist' ving of aflat relatively wide metal .strip disposedbetween saijd"layers and adhesively held in lplace therebetween,said strip and layershaving coinciding holestlierein for ithe reception of means' for attaching said` tag to alparc'el,.and combined attachment protecting and sheet material retaining means,

integrally yunitedjto and formed ,directly-` CHARLES B. `TEWKSBURY.

Vitnesses S. V. PAINE, H. MITCHELL.

'.Washington, D. G. 

